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all day events• Local Wine and Beer Hospitality Bar• mighty mega Water Slide• Doug the Digger• Trade Displays• Woodchopping• Live Music• Sheep Shearing• Sheep Dog Trials• Alpaca – Cattle – Dairy – Goats• Young Handlers Competition• Ranch Horse Events – Reining – Drafting• Warkworth & Wellsford Pipes and Drums• Produce and Cottage Markets• Equestrian Competition – Events• Cheerleaders – Dancers• Petting Zoo – Pony Rides• Rabbits• Home Craft competitions• Side Shows• Clown on Stage• Buskers• Fire Safety Display• Donkey & Mule Display• Marionette’s Puppet Show

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SHOW DAY PROGRAMME8.30am Dog Trials9.00am Competition starts for Equestrian

Section9.00am Young Generation Calf Club

Competitions9.30am Judging of Beef & Dairy Cattle

Section9.30am Judging Alpacas & Dairy Goat Section9.30am Trade & Cottage Industry Open10.00am Indoor Section opens for viewing10.00am Shearing Competitions start10.30am Sheep’n Show Sheep Racing10.30am Young Handler Competition at the

conclusion of the Dairy Section

11.30am Registrations taken at the main stage for Show Queen – 11 years & over, Senior Show Princess – 8-10 years, Junior Show Princess – 5-7 years, Pirates – under 14 years at Show Day

11.30am Dancers and Cheerleaders demonstrations11.30am GRAND NATIONAL SHEEPLECHASE12.30pm Judging for Show Queen, Princesses,

Fairies and Pirates

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Get set to get wet! A giant waterslide is sure to be a hit with families. Children are encouraged to bring togs and a towel, and an $8 ticket buys admission to the slide for the whole day. Proceeds from the slide will benefit the Rodney Rams re-build project at Whangateau.

A programme that offers “a little bit of everything for everyone” best describes the line-up for the 148th annual Warkworth A&P Lifestyle Show on January 24 and 25.Not content to rest on their laurels after record attendances at last year’s event, organisers have put together a programme on the Saturday that is both traditional and new. Bayleys – Warkworth has again stepped up as the major sponsor.As well as show favourites such as the Puhoi Axemen, dog trials and Sheep n Show Grand Sheeplechase, there will be an expanded trade exhibit area, a hospitality bar and an all day waterslide.TV personality Te Radar is back as compere and takes on the unenviable job of choosing the winners of the show queen, princess, fairy and pirate competitions, which will be run through the lunchtime.Show secretary Marjorie Blythen says that after 148 years, the show doesn’t get any easier to organise.“Dealing with Auckland Council is still a nightmare, where the right hand doesn’t ever seem to know what the left hand is doing,” she says.“We waste an awful lot of time answering questions that have absolutely no relevance to a country show. You get the feeling that you are dealing with people who have never even been to an A&P Show.”In spite of the bureaucratic difficulties, the organisers are pleased with the enthusiasm they are getting

from trade exhibitors.Marjorie says enquiries have come from throughout New Zealand, but particularly from Dargaville and Whangarei.There will be plenty of big toys to keep the boys amused including machinery, quad bikes and jet skis from companies such as AgroQuip, Northland Power Sports and Powering Farming. Local exhibitors will include Honda Warkworth, Poland Motors and Wilmot Motors.The trade area will also feature a number of health-related stands including free diabetes checks.The Village Market, which was introduced last year, will showcase locally grown produce, as well as handmade arts and crafts.The Waitemata Fire Service will be promoting fire safety messages, while Doug the Digger will be giving children some safety tips on using heavy machinery all from behind the controls of a real digger.Entertainment will include JP the Clown, the bluegrass band Otherwise Fine, the Warkworth Pipe Band and a range of buskers.A parade of donkeys and mules will add a slightly different touch to the normal line-up in the animal section, which will feature as usual beef and dairy cattle, alpaca, dairy goats and calf club.The Sunday programme will see the continuation of equestrian events.

Warkworth celebrates country roots

Compare Te Radar with show chairman

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The petting zoo is a perennial favourite at the A&P Show.

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THE PAINTERS GEARHOUSE

A clown that believes humour, laughter and chocolate are the best potions in life will bring his particular style of entertainment to the Warkworth Showgrounds on January 24.Jean-Philippe Janin (J.P) studied at the OSE Clown Circus School in Nancy, France, for three years, as well as completing a Youth Group Leader and Children’s Entertainer Certificate.His early work was as a ‘Clown Doctor’ at a hospital for seriously ill children in France, where he worked

for two years.He then developed La Chenille (The Caterpillar) Circus School in Houdemont-France, which catered for children and teenagers.He has performed in various cabarets, festivals and circuses throughout Europe, French Indies, Asia and French Polynesia.Since 2010, JP has been teaching Circus Arts in schools in Auckland and performing under the name Le Cirque de JP.

Clown brings touch of FranceJP has a varied repertoire in his stage performance which includes music, juggling and comedy.

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Equestrian riders from the Waikato north to Kaitaia will compete at the Warkworth A&P Show on January 24 and 25.The two-day event normally attracts more than 200 horses, with many accumulating points towards Horse of the Year 2015.Chief Steward Genette Churches and her husband Warren believe the Warkworth event is benefiting from the investment made in providing good facilities on site such as wash down areas and overnight stalls.Warren says the fields are also in much better condition now that Auckland Council has stopped the practise of winter grazing on the area.In a departure from previous years, jumping and breed classes, as well

as the miniature horses, will be held on Saturday when there are larger audiences, with the ridden classes taking place on Sunday.“Our daughter Kristi has been riding for many years and I suppose it’s our experience of attending shows that has helped us understand competitors’ needs and the classes they like to compete in,” Warren says.Warren and Genette have also taken the step of making protective headgear compulsory for all novice riders this year. “It’s just about keeping the riders safe,” they say.Meanwhile, in the rodeo arena, the Warkworth Ranch Horse Club will run competitions and demonstrations of trail, reining and cattle events.

Investment pays off for ridersSome of New Zealand’s up and coming equestrian riders will take to the field at the A&P Show this month.

Clown brings touch of France